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  • Page 1 Fiery X3e COLOR GUIDE...
  • Page 2 ™ This manual is part of a set of Fiery X3e documentation that includes the following About the manuals for users and system administrators: Documentation • The Quick Start Guide summarizes the steps for configuring the Fiery X3e and printing. It also describes how to access the online documentation. •...
  • Page 3 Copyright © 2002 Electronics For Imaging, Inc. All rights reserved. This publication is protected by copyright, and all rights are reserved. No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means for any purpose without express prior written consent from Electronics For Imaging, Inc., except as expressly permitted herein.
  • Page 4 FCC Information WARNING: FCC Regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. Class A Compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 5 Proprietary Rights You acknowledge that the Software is proprietary to EFI and its suppliers and that title and other intellectual property rights therein remain with EFI and its suppliers. Except as stated above, this Agreement does not grant you any right to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks (whether registered or unregistered), or any other rights, franchises or licenses in respect of the Software.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents About the Documentation Introduction About this manual Key features of ColorWise Chapter 1: Fiery X3e Color Management Managing color on the Fiery X3e Rendering styles RGB Source Profile RGB Separation CMYK Simulation Profile CMYK Simulation Method 1-10 Output profile 1-11 Pure Black Text/Graphics 1-12...
  • Page 8 viii Contents Using Calibrator Starting Calibrator Expert Mode Restoring default calibration measurements 2-10 Calibrating the Fiery X3e with the DTP41 2-10 Calibrating the Fiery X3e with the DTP32 2-14 Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100 2-16 Setting up the ED-100 2-16 Calibrating the Fiery X3e with the ED-100 2-17 Using AutoCal and ColorCal...
  • Page 9 ix Contents Appendix A: Color Measurement Instruments Using the X-Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer Setting up the DTP41 Calibrating the DTP41 Using the X-Rite DTP32 densitometer Setting up the DTP32 Calibrating the DTP32 A-11 Appendix B: Importing density measurements Simple ASCII Import File Format (SAIFF) Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 34 patch page Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 21 patch page Example of 1D Status T density for an arbitrary page...

  • Page 11: About This Manual

    xi About this manual ™ This manual explains how to manage color output on the Fiery X3e , and provides Introduction information on calibration and color profiles. This manual is part of a set of documentation that includes manuals for users and system administrators.

  • Page 12: Key Features Of Colorwise

    xii Introduction Key features of ColorWise ColorWise is the color management system (CMS) built into the Fiery X3e and designed to provide both casual and expert users with the best color output for a variety of purposes. The ColorWise default settings provide high-quality out-of-box color from many Windows and Mac OS applications.
  • Page 13 xiii Key features of ColorWise ColorWise color management (ColorWise) offers an open color architecture, allowing users to customize the Fiery X3e to meet new printing needs as they arise. ColorWise supports profiles, which are industry standard color profiles that describe the color behavior of a device. Downloading ICC profiles to the Fiery X3e enables the Fiery X3e to simulate a custom press (or another copier), as well as accurately print colors from a particular monitor or a scanner.

  • Page 15: Chapter 1: Fiery X3E Color Management

    1-1 Managing color on the Fiery X3e The following sections describe the options available from the ColorWise Chapter 1: color management system and explains how to customize the color settings for your Fiery X3e Color particular needs. It provides descriptions of the preset ColorWise default settings and Management covers additional options for users who need to customize ColorWise.
  • Page 16 1-2 Fiery X3e Color Management Fiery X3e color management generates CMYK data to be sent to the copier. The following diagram illustrates the print options in the Fiery X3e color management process that affect color data conversions. You can access these print options when you send a print job to the Fiery X3e.
  • Page 17 1-3 Managing color on the Fiery X3e You can specify settings for the following options by selecting print options when you send a job to the Fiery X3e. Some can also be set as defaults by the administrator during Fiery X3e Setup or using ColorWise Pro Tools. Settings specified using print options override the defaults.
  • Page 18 1-4 Fiery X3e Color Management Fiery X3e color print option What it does white point (Other) White Point Applies the specified value to the RGB source color space 5000 K (D50)/5500 K/6500 K (D65)/ definition (see page 1-6). To use this print option, you must choose Other as 7500 K/9300 K the RGB Source setting.

  • Page 19: Rendering Styles

    1-5 Managing color on the Fiery X3e Fiery X3e color print option What it does Black Overprint Style Specifies whether black overprinting should apply to text only or to both text Text/Text & Graphics and graphics. For this option to take effect, the Black Overprint option must be set to On (see page 1-13).

  • Page 20: Rgb Source Profile

    1-6 Fiery X3e Color Management Equivalent ICC Fiery X3e rendering style Best used for rendering style —Provides Advanced use when color Relative Colorimetric Relative Colorimetric white-point transformation matching is important, but you between the source and prefer white colors in the destination white points.
  • Page 21 1-7 Managing color on the Fiery X3e When you specify a setting other than None for the RGB Source Profile—since the color space definitions are overridden—the output from the Fiery X3e will be consistent across platforms. The Fiery X3e RGB Source Profile options are: •...

  • Page 22: Rgb Separation

    1-8 Fiery X3e Color Management RGB Separation The RGB Separation option determines how RGB colors (as well as Lab and XYZ colors) are converted to CMYK. The name of this option is meant to be descriptive, since the option defines the color spaces that will be used by the Fiery X3e to “separate”...

  • Page 23: Cmyk Simulation Profile

    1-9 Managing color on the Fiery X3e CMYK Simulation Profile The CMYK Simulation Profile print option allows you to print press proofs or simulations. This setting specifies the offset press standard or other color printing device that you want to simulate. This option affects CMYK data only. With the Windows 9x/Me or Windows NT printer driver, you can also view an unlimited number of custom Full simulations created using ColorWise Pro Tools.

  • Page 24: Cmyk Simulation Method

    1-10 Fiery X3e Color Management CMYK Simulation Method The CMYK Simulation Method allows you to define your preferred CMYK-to-CMYK conversion technique. • applies one-dimensional transfer curves to adjust output densities in the cyan, Quick magenta, yellow, and black channels. This technique leads to pleasant color output from your copier because pure primary colors are not “contaminated”...

  • Page 25: Output Profile

    1-11 Managing color on the Fiery X3e Output profile The output profile is applied to all data in the print job, so make sure the selected profile is the right one for your job. The default output profile consists of both a profile for your copier, describing its color characteristics, and a calibration target that...

  • Page 26: Pure Black Text/Graphics

    1-12 Fiery X3e Color Management Pure Black Text/Graphics The Pure Black Text/Graphics option affects the printout for black text and vector graphics on a page. Under most circumstances, leave this option set to On. When Pure Black Text/Graphics is on, black colors generated by applications are printed using 100 percent black-only toner (for example, RGB = 0, 0, 0;...

  • Page 27: Black Overprint

    1-13 Managing color on the Fiery X3e PostScript applications, such as QuarkXPress, may convert elements defined as RGB = 0, 0, 0 to four-color CMYK black before sending the job to the Fiery X3e. These elements are not affected by the Pure Black Text/Graphics option. For details, see the application notes.

  • Page 28: Spot Color Matching

    1-14 Fiery X3e Color Management • With Black Overprint Off, the border of the text is on an edge that has cyan and magenta toners on one side (outside the text) and black toner on the other side (inside the text). This transition may cause visible artifacts because of the practical limitations of the copier.

  • Page 29: Postscript Printer Driver For Windows And Mac Os

    1-15 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS Spot Color Matching and the PANTONE Coated Color Reference The PANTONE Coated Color Reference (described in the Fiery Color Reference) prints differently depending on the Spot Color Matching setting. • —The Fiery X3e uses a built-in table to generate the best matches of the PANTONE colors that your copier can produce.

  • Page 30: Setting Color Management Print Options For Windows 9X/Me And Windows Nt

    1-16 Fiery X3e Color Management Setting color management print options for Windows 9x/Me and Windows NT This section explains how to set Fiery X3e color print options with the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver for Windows. This driver is a PostScript 3 printer driver that takes full advantage of the color features of the Fiery X3e.
  • Page 31 1-17 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS 3. Click Expert Settings. Click Expert Settings to access additional ColorWise options The Expert Color Settings flowchart appears. This window displays additional color settings for the Fiery X3e. Each option includes a menu from which you select settings for your specific job.

  • Page 32: Adobe Postscript Printer Driver For Mac Os

    1-18 Fiery X3e Color Management Adobe PostScript printer driver for Mac OS This section explains how to set color management print options with the AdobePS printer driver for Mac OS, a PostScript 3 driver that takes full advantage of the color features of the Fiery X3e and allows you to save a set of print option settings.
  • Page 33 1-19 PostScript printer driver for Windows and Mac OS If you use the PostScript Color Matching option, the driver may, depending on the application in use, attach a CMYK source definition to the CMYK data in your document. In such a case, the CMYK data in the document is reseparated using a Fiery X3e CRD.
  • Page 34 1-20 Fiery X3e Color Management 2. Choose Color/Grayscale from the Print Color menu. Choose Color/Grayscale 3. In the Printer Specific Options menus, choose settings for the print options described page 1-3. 4. If these settings are used regularly, click Save Settings to save them for subsequent jobs.

  • Page 35: Chapter 2: Color Calibration

    2-1 An overview of calibration Calibrating the Fiery X3e ensures consistent, reliable color output. You can calibrate Chapter 2: the Fiery X3e using ColorWise Pro Tools in combination with any of the following Color Calibration color measurement instruments, available as separately purchased options: •...

  • Page 36: An Overview Of Calibration

    2-2 Color Calibration An overview of calibration Calibration generates curves that adjust for the difference between the actual toner densities (measurements) and the response expected by the output profile. • Measurements represent the actual color behavior of the copier. • Calibration sets are sets of measurements. •...

  • Page 37: How Calibration Works

    2-3 Understanding calibration • Achieve better color matches when reproducing spot colors, such as PANTONE colors or other named color systems. • Optimize the Fiery X3e for using ColorWise rendering styles (CRDs) and CMYK simulations, and for using ICC profiles. How calibration works Success in obtaining satisfactory print quality from the Fiery X3e depends on many factors.

  • Page 38: Scheduling Calibration

    2-4 Color Calibration Output profiles and calibration sets Output profiles and calibration sets define desired calibration results. One or more output profiles and calibration sets are provided with the Fiery X3e. When you calibrate the Fiery X3e, select the calibration set that corresponds to the typical printing jobs at your site.

  • Page 39: Checking Calibration Status

    2-5 Using Calibrator All of these pages include fully saturated color patches and pale tints of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Images with skin tones offer a very good basis for comparison. Save and compare pages you printed at different times. If there is a noticeable change in appearance, calibrate the Fiery X3e.

  • Page 40: Starting Calibrator

    2-6 Color Calibration Starting Calibrator Start Calibrator from the ColorWise Pro Tools main window. ALIBRATE THE IERY E USING ALIBRATOR 1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and connect to the Fiery X3e. For instructions on configuring the connection to the Fiery X3e, see the User Software Installation Guide.
  • Page 41 2-7 Using Calibrator 3. Use the Calibrator window to perform the calibration method of your choice. Procedures for each calibration method are described in sections later in this chapter. Calibration methods appear here...

  • Page 42: Expert Mode

    2-8 Color Calibration Expert Mode Calibrator provides two modes: Standard Mode and Expert Mode. You can perform all essential calibration tasks while in Standard Mode. Expert Mode offers two additional options: Print Pages and View Measurements. Calibration methods appear here With the Print Pages option, print a calibration Comparison Page showing the results of the new measurements with any profile associated with the currently selected calibration set.
  • Page 43 2-9 Using Calibrator With the View Measurements option, you can view the current set of measurements as a table or graph that shows both the measurements and the target curves. Output profile name appears here When more than one profile uses the same target, an additional menu called Plot Against appears in the upper-right corner of the dialog box.

  • Page 44: Restoring Default Calibration Measurements

    2-10 Color Calibration Restoring default calibration measurements Use the following procedure to return to default preset calibration measurements. O RESTORE DEFAULT CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS 1. In the main Calibrator window, click Restore Device. 2. Click OK to restore the preset default calibration set. Restore Device applies only to the currently selected calibration set.
  • Page 45 2-11 Using Calibrator 3. In the Check Print Settings pane, choose the desired calibration set. Choose the appropriate calibration set for the type of media you use most often. For this calibration to take effect, the calibration set must be associated with one or more output profiles.
  • Page 46 2-12 Color Calibration 8. Click Measure. 9. If necessary, choose the appropriate COM port for the DTP41 from the Available Ports menu. Click Start Measurements. 10. Feed the measurement page into the DTP41, starting with the cyan strip. Align the page in the measurement page slot of the DTP41 so the appropriate color column is centered below the alignment mark (see the diagram on page A-2).
  • Page 47 2-13 Using Calibrator 11. Click Read Strip. The DTP41 pulls the measurement page through automatically. After the measurement page is read, Calibrator instructs you to insert and align the page again for the next color. 12. Repeat the measurement process for the magenta, yellow, and black strips. A check mark appears on the circle of the color just read, and the Status field indicates the color was measured successfully.

  • Page 48: Calibrating The Fiery X3E With The Dtp32

    2-14 Color Calibration Calibrating the Fiery X3e with the DTP32 Using the DTP32, you can quickly measure color patches and download these measurements to the Fiery X3e using ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator. Before using ColorWise Pro Tools and the DTP32 to calibrate the Fiery X3e, follow the instructions on page A-11 for calibrating the DTP32 densitometer.
  • Page 49 2-15 Using Calibrator For Input Tray, specify the paper source. 6. Retrieve the measurement page from the copier. 7. Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane. The Measurement Options dialog box displays the specified Page Type and Paper Size options. 8.

  • Page 50: Using The Efi Densitometer

    2-16 Color Calibration 9. When the Status field indicates that the measurements were read successfully, click Accept. 10. Click OK in the Measure dialog box. 11. Click Apply in the Calibrator window to implement the new calibration set. 12. Click OK in the Information dialog box. This completes the calibration process.

  • Page 51: Calibrating The Fiery X3E With The

    2-17 Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100 Calibrating the Fiery X3e with the ED-100 You can use ColorWise Pro Tools in conjunction with the ED-100 to calibrate the Fiery X3e. ED-100 O CALIBRATE THE IERY E USING THE 1. Start Calibrator. For instructions on starting Calibrator, see page 2-6.
  • Page 52 2-18 Color Calibration Paper Size is automatically set to LTR/A4 for 21 Patches, or 11 17/A3 for 34 Patches. For Input Tray, specify the paper source for printing the measurement page. 6. Retrieve the measurement page from the copier. 7. Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane. The Measurement Options dialog box appears.
  • Page 53 2-19 Using the EFI Densitometer ED-100 When you click Start, the Measurements window appears. Directions for measuring the patches appear in the Status area. 9. Place the ED-100 over the specified patch on the Measurement Page, making sure to center the sample aperture over the patch. Press Measure to take the measurement. For a more accurate measurement, place several plain sheets of paper beneath the Measurement Page to block underlying colors from being read by the instrument.
  • Page 54 2-20 Color Calibration When the patch has been measured successfully, a checkmark appears in the patch preview in the Measurements window. The window identifies and highlights the next patch to be measured. 10. Repeat step 9 to measure each successive patch on the Measurement Page. To retake a measurement, select the desired patch preview in the Measurements window and measure the patch on the page using the ED-100.

  • Page 55: Using Autocal And Colorcal

    2-21 Using AutoCal and ColorCal Using AutoCal and ColorCal AutoCal and ColorCal allow you to calibrate the Fiery X3e without the use of an additional spectrophotometer or densitometer. Instead, these methods use the copier’s built-in scanner to measure toner density values. Using either AutoCal or ColorCal provides an equally accurate calibration of the Fiery X3e.
  • Page 56 2-22 Color Calibration 4. Click Print in the Generate Measurement Page pane. 5. Retrieve the Measurement Page from the copier. 6. Click Measure in the Get Measurements pane. If you chose the AutoCal method, skip to step If you chose the ColorCal method, an alert message appears, asking if you want to calibrate the copier’s scanner.

  • Page 57: Calibrating From The Control Panel With Autocal Or Colorcal

    2-23 Using AutoCal and ColorCal 9. Follow the directions in the dialog box for placing the Gray Scale strip and the AutoCal or ColorCal measurement page on the copier glass. Click Continue. AutoCal ColorCal 10. Click Apply in the main Calibrator window to implement the new calibration set. 11.
  • Page 58 2-24 Color Calibration 5. Use the down arrow button to scroll to Calibration. 6. Choose Set Up Calibration. If a password is set on the Fiery X3e, enter it and press OK. 7. For Calibration Mode, choose Standard or Expert. With Expert Mode, you can print a Comparison Page (see page 2-8).
  • Page 59 2-25 Using AutoCal and ColorCal 14. Place the color measurement page face-down over the grayscale strip. Make sure the patches on the grayscale strip do not overlap the color patches. Close the platen glass cover, being careful not to move the grayscale strip and color measurement page.

  • Page 61: Chapter 3: Colorwise Pro Tools

    3-1 Profile Manager Designed to give you flexible control of color printing, ColorWise Pro Tools include Chapter 3: the following color management tools: ColorWise Pro Tools • Calibrator (see Chapter • Color Editor • Profile Manager • Color Setup ColorWise Pro Tools for Windows and Mac OS computers are fundamentally the same;...
  • Page 62 3-2 ColorWise Pro Tools If you use Photoshop 5.x or 6.x, you can upload the profile for your selected working space to the Fiery X3e and choose that as your RGB Source profile. For more information, see the Fiery Color Reference.
  • Page 63 3-3 Profile Manager In addition, one or more output profiles are provided with the Fiery X3e. • —profile that describes the copier and is resident on the Fiery X3e. Fiery 31C-M v1F Use this profile for ordinary printing. • —profile that describes the copier, but is superior especially Fiery 31C-M HiGCR v1F in the reproduction of gray or grayish tones.

  • Page 64: Setting The Default Profiles

    3-4 ColorWise Pro Tools Setting the default profiles The default profiles are applied to all print jobs sent to the Fiery X3e, unless you override them using print options. Therefore, the defaults should be the most commonly used profiles. O SPECIFY A DEFAULT PROFILE 1.

  • Page 65: Downloading Profiles

    3-5 Profile Manager 2. Select the profile you want as the default for a profile type and click Profile Settings. 3. In the Profile Settings dialog box, click Default and click Apply. 4. Click OK. In the main Profile Manager window, the target icon appears next to the new default profile you specified.
  • Page 66 3-6 ColorWise Pro Tools 2. If the desired profile does not appear, click Browse to go to a different directory. Browse to the directory containing the profile you want to download and click OK. 3. When the profile you want to download appears in the list in the main Profile Manager window, select it.

  • Page 67: Editing Profiles

    3-7 Profile Manager Editing profiles You can customize the profiles on the Fiery X3e to meet your specific needs and the characteristics of your copier using Color Editor, either directly or through Profile Manager. For more information on editing profiles, see “Color Editor”...

  • Page 68: Defining Profiles

    3-8 ColorWise Pro Tools O DELETE PROFILES FROM THE IERY E HARD DISK 1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Profile Manager. 2. Select the profile you want to delete and click Delete. A Warning dialog box asks you to confirm the deletion. You cannot delete preset profiles, profiles that are currently set as default, or profiles that are linked to any of the predefined custom names, for example Simulation-1.
  • Page 69 3-9 Profile Manager O DEFINE A PROFILE 1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Profile Manager. Custom profile created with Color Editor For the purposes of this example, assume DIC-new is a custom simulation profile created with Color Editor and, as such, no information is displayed for DIC-new under the heading “Appear in Driver as.”...
  • Page 70 3-10 ColorWise Pro Tools While you cannot delete a preset profile, you can use the name of a preset profile name for your edited profile when you select the “Appear in Driver as” option. This replaces the preset profile with your own profile. When you choose Profile Settings for an output profile, the Use Calibration Set options also appear.

  • Page 71: Color Editor

    3-11 Color Editor Simulation-1 now appears under the “Appear in Driver as” column for DIC-new. Choosing Simulation-1 from the CMYK Simulation option of the printer driver applies the DIC-new simulation to the print job. If you do not define a custom simulation profile, your job will print with CMYK Simulation Profile set to None.
  • Page 72 3-12 ColorWise Pro Tools Color Editor also has several Edit Modes for editing simulations. • —Create a custom master simulation that affects all print jobs to which it is Master applied, unless a linked simulation exists for the selected combination of simulation profile, simulation method, and output profile.
  • Page 73 3-13 Color Editor 3. Choose a profile to edit and click Select. Another method is to open the Profile Manager, select a profile, and then click Edit. 4. For a simulation profile, choose Master from the Edit Mode menu. For an output profile, choose Custom from the Edit Mode menu.
  • Page 74 3-14 ColorWise Pro Tools 5. Select the colors you want to edit by turning colors off and on. The Eye icon to the left of each color indicates whether that color is visible on the graph and will be affected by changes to the curves, brightness, and dot gain controls. You can view and edit all four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) at once, or in any combination.
  • Page 75 3-15 Color Editor If you use Dot Gain values, apply the settings first, so that the curves are deflected from their straight-line positions. Then make edits to the new curves. When you adjust Dot Gain values, all existing points on the curve are removed. A warning dialog box allows you to cancel Dot Gain settings before they are applied.
  • Page 76 3-16 ColorWise Pro Tools You should adjust points in this way only after you have entered the Dot Gain and Brightness values. For greater precision, type percentages in the Input and Output boxes or use the arrow keys on the keyboard to adjust the curve. To use the arrow keys, you must first click the curve to establish an anchor point that serves as a reference.
  • Page 77 3-17 Color Editor GCR), O EDIT A SIMULATION IN UICK OURCE GCR) UTPUT MODE 1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Color Editor. 2. Choose Simulation from the View menu, select the simulation profile to edit, and then click Select. Another method is to open the Profile Manager, select a simulation profile, and click Edit.

  • Page 78: Undoing Simulation Edits

    3-18 ColorWise Pro Tools 4. Edit and save the simulation, as described in steps through of the procedure starting on page 3-14. For this new simulation to be automatically applied to a print job, the CMYK Simulation, Simulation Method, and Output Profile settings must be the same as those used when you edited the profile.
  • Page 79 3-19 Color Editor O CORRECT THE GRAY BALANCE OF AN OUTPUT PROFILE 1. Start ColorWise Pro Tools and click Color Editor. 2. Choose Output from the View menu. 3. Select a profile to edit and click Select. Or, open the Profile Manager, select a profile, and then click Edit. 4.
  • Page 80 3-20 ColorWise Pro Tools 6. If the output profile contains no edit points, continue to step 8. If the output profile contains edit points from a previous AutoGray session, choose an action from the following warning. reuses edits points from a previous session in an attempt to make them more Refine accurate.
  • Page 81 3-21 Color Editor 7. If the output profile contains edit points that were entered by a user, choose Proceed to remove the points and continue with the AutoGray adjustment. Proceed starts a fresh AutoGray session by first removing all user edit points. This is because AutoGray cannot modify user-entered points.

  • Page 82: Checking Edited Profiles

    3-22 ColorWise Pro Tools Checking edited profiles To view a printed sample of a profile before you save it to the Fiery X3e, print one of the following: • Comparison Page provided with ColorWise Pro Tools, which shows a comparison of images and colored patches with and without edits •...

  • Page 83: Color Setup

    3-23 Color Setup Color Setup Use Color Setup to set the default ColorWise settings for the Fiery X3e. To access Color Setup, click its icon in the ColorWise Pro Tools main window. Setting default ColorWise options Color Setup allows you to configure the default color management settings for the Fiery X3e.
  • Page 84 3-24 ColorWise Pro Tools For those color options that offer multiple choices, make your selection from the menu that appears. For RGB Separation, make your selection by selecting the appropriate radio button. Other options are selected by selecting a check box next to the option name.

  • Page 85: Appendix A: Color Measurement Instruments

    A-1 Color Measurement Instruments This appendix explains how to set up and calibrate the following color measurement Appendix A: instruments, available as separately purchased options: Color Measurement • X-Rite DTP41 automatic scanning spectrophotometer Instruments • X-Rite DTP32 automatic scanning densitometer Using the X-Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer ColorWise Pro Tools Calibrator supports the X-Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer, a device that measures density and color data.
  • Page 86 A-2 Color Measurement Instruments DTP41 O CONNECT THE TO THE COMPUTER 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Unpack the X-Rite DTP41 and remove the spacer from the measurement page slot. 3. Plug the square end of the interface cable (looks like a modular phone plug) into the serial interface connection on the side of the X-Rite DTP41.
  • Page 87 A-3 Color Measurement Instruments 4. Attach the connector to the computer. For a Windows computer, insert the 8-pin mini-DIN end of the interface cable into the 9-pin DB9 Connector cable adapter. Insert the 9-pin end into the COM1 or COM2 port on the computer and tighten the screws. If the available port on your computer is 25-pin, you must use the 8-pin-to-25-pin adapter.
  • Page 88 A-4 Color Measurement Instruments For a Mac OS computer, connect the 8-pin mini-DIN plug directly into the serial port of the computer. Unused connector Connect to serial port For Mac OS computers with a USB port (for example, an iMac), you need an adapter to connect the DTP41 to your computer.

  • Page 89: Calibrating The Dtp41

    A-5 Color Measurement Instruments 6. Turn on the computer. 7. Calibrate the X-Rite DTP41 using ColorWise Pro Tools (see the following section). 8. Calibrate the Fiery X3e using ColorWise Pro Tools and the DTP41 (see page 2-10). Calibrating the DTP41 For the best color accuracy, you should calibrate the X-Rite DTP41 spectrophotometer every time you calibrate the Fiery X3e.
  • Page 90 A-6 Color Measurement Instruments 4. In the Get Measurements pane, click Measure. 5. In the Measurement Options dialog box, click Measure. 6. Choose the appropriate COM port for the DTP41 from the Available Ports menu. The Instructions area displays instructions for selecting the port.
  • Page 91 A-7 Color Measurement Instruments 7. Click Utilities. The Utilities dialog box appears. To view version and serial number information, click Show DTP-41 Info, and then click Done when you are finished. 8. Click Calibrate DTP-41. The Instrument Calibration dialog box appears. 9.

  • Page 92: Using The X-Rite Dtp32 Densitometer

    A-8 Color Measurement Instruments 10. Insert the end of the Color Reflection Reference strip with the arrow into the calibration strip entrance on the DTP41, centering it below the alignment mark (see the diagram on page A-2). Insert the strip about 3 inches, past the front idler rollers, until it rests against the rear drive rollers.
  • Page 93 A-9 Color Measurement Instruments DTP32 O CONNECT THE TO THE COMPUTER 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Plug the square end of the interface cable (looks like a modular phone plug) into the I/O port on the side of the X-Rite DTP32. Square connector 3.
  • Page 94 A-10 Color Measurement Instruments For a Mac OS computer, connect the 8-pin mini-DIN plug directly into the serial port of the computer. Unused connector Connect to serial port For Mac OS computers with a USB port (for example, an iMac), you need an adapter to connect the DTP32 to your computer.

  • Page 95: Calibrating The Dtp32

    A-11 Color Measurement Instruments Calibrating the DTP32 You will need the black-and-white X-Rite Auto-Cal Strip included with the densitometer. Calibrating the densitometer does not require ColorWise Pro Tools. DTP32 O CALIBRATE THE 1. Connect the densitometer to the computer and supply power (see page A-9).

  • Page 97: Appendix B: Importing Density Measurements

    B-1 Importing density measurements This appendix describes Simple ASCII File Format, which can be used to import Appendix B: density measurements from measurement devices. To use your own measurement data Importing from an alternate measurement instrument, record your individual readings in a text density file and structure it as follows.

  • Page 98: Example Of 1D Status T Density For Efi 34 Patch Page

    B-2 Importing density measurements Example of 1D Status T density for EFI 34 patch page This file format is used to specify the Status T density measurements of the EFI 34 patch page. The value in the first column is the patch number. The first patch must be 1 and the last must be 34.

  • Page 99: Example Of 1D Status T Density For An Arbitrary Page

    B-3 Importing density measurements Example of 1D Status T density for an arbitrary page This file format is used to specify the Status T density measurements of a user-defined patch page. The value in the first column is the ink/toner percentage of the patch. The first percentage must be 0 and the last percentage must be 100.
  • Page 101 Index Index Calibrator Expert Mode 2-8 Absolute Colorimetric rendering style 1-6 printing Comparison Page 2-8 Apple Standard setting, RGB Source Profile restoring defaults 2-10 option 3-2 using 2-5 to 2-10 Apple Standard setting, RGB Source profile viewing measurements 2-9 option 1-7 CMYK Simulation Method AutoCal calibration option 1-4, 1-10...
  • Page 102 I-2 Index Comparison Page 2-8, 3-22 composites, printing 1-12, 1-14 Gamma option 1-3 Configuration page 2-5 Graphics ICC rendering style 1-5 Contrast ICC rendering style 1-5 gray balance, correcting 3-19 Control Panel calibration from 2-5, 2-23 ICC profiles removing calibration 2-25 backing up 3-7 custom simulations 1-9 default directory 3-5...
  • Page 103 I-3 Index Perceptual ICC rendering style 1-5 Phosphors option 1-3 SAIFF format B-1 to B-3 Photographic rendering style 1-5 Saturation ICC rendering style 1-5 PostScript color issues 1-2, 1-7, 1-13 separations PostScript Color Management 1-18 printing 1-12, 1-14 PostScript Color Matching option 1-18 target color space 1-4, 1-8 PPD 1-16, 1-18 Setup, default color controls...

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